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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
admirers
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From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
all
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From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
any
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
away
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
bad
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From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
begun
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
better
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From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
called
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
Century
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From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
church
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
churches
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
citizens
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From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
congregations
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
considered
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From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
dawned
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From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
depends
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
display
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From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
DIVINE
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From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
easy
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
find
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
follow
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
form
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From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
GRACE
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From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
grandfather
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From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
habitually
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
individual
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
institution
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
like
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
Mariona
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From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
money
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From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
much
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From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
offices
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
old
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
only
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
other
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
persons
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
possessed
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From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
poverty
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From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
PRAYER
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From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
public
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
queer
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
refused
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
religion
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
respectable
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
sensible
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
settled
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From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
sincere
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From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
some
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
stay
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
supportverbUS /səˈpɔːrt/
to provide what someone needs in order to live
From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
theory
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
There
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
thirties
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From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
traditions
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From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
Twentieth
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From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
up-town
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
usually
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From this reading There had been a time when it was not respectable to stay away from church,--when only here and there some persons, usually called “queer,” habitually refused the offices of religion.
very
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From this reading But the old churches had begun to follow their congregations up-town on the very sensible theory that the individual church is much like any other institution that depends on public support,--it must make itself easy for the public to find.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
wealth
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From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was better to have had a grandfather who “settled” in the thirties than to be possessed of much money.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A PRAYER FOR DIVINE GRACE Mariona had not, when the Twentieth Century dawned, quite broken with all its traditions.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It was still considered bad form to display wealth if you had it; and honest poverty still had sincere admirers among the first citizens.
